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Doc Dutch (01-24-2022), ThatOwlWoman (01-24-2022)
Yes. Started out as a military helicopter pilot, became a military fixed wing flight instructor and, upon leaving the service, became an airline pilot. It was a good life but not for everyone. I'd be gone for 3 nights a week about 48 weeks every year for 28 years.
Those were four-day trips, which were easy despite not being home half the week. I'd drive an hour each way once a week. Others preferred shorter trips, more driving but more time at home. They'd either fly one-day trips, which often were 12 hour days 3-4 days a week or two-day back-to-back trips, out for an overnight, come home, go back and do it again.
Three-day trips were good but often long days. Worth it if followed by four days off. I usually flew four days on, three days off but was senior enough to pick a late show on Day 1 (late morning/early afternoon) and an early get-off on Day 4. Easier schedule and a lot of time off.
Other airlines varied. One international charter airline, Tower Air, was nicknamed "Take Off Without Ever Returning" because they'd be gone for a few weeks before returning home for a few days. Their "days off" were 2-3 days in Riyadh or some other major city on that continent. Cargo guys had a similar schedule; often two weeks on, two weeks off with FAA mandatory time off in foreign cities for a couple days.
"Hatred is a failure of imagination" - Graham Greene, "The Power and the Glory"
Jarod (01-24-2022)
"Hatred is a failure of imagination" - Graham Greene, "The Power and the Glory"
Guno צְבִי (01-24-2022)
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